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JAMES E. GRACE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed August 23, 1921. Serial No. 494,618.

To all w/wmz't 'may concer/n.' which extends substantially parallel with its Be it known that l, JAMES E. GRACE, a respective leg 14. The points of bend 15 are citizen of the United States, residing at in the normal condition superposed as shown 55 New York city, in the county of Bronx and in Figure 1.

State of New York, have invented new and In use the clip is first slipped onto a useful Improvements in Clips, of which the string of the package in the manner shown following is a specification. in Figure 2 so that the string lies in the This invention relates to clips and in triangular opening defined by the clip. The 60 many respects is animprovement on the deaperture 17 of the tag 12 is then placed over vice shown in my Patent Number 1,177,511. the points 15 and pressed against the por- The principal object of the device is to tions 16 forcing the same to cross each other facilitate the operation of attaching tags and permit the tag to slip over the ends of to packages for parcel post and like purposes the elements 16. The springiness of legs 14 65 and .to files and other objects in oiiice and then causes the members 1 and 16 to return 15 Store use. to normal condition with the bends 15 in Another object is to produce a clip wheresuperposed relation, the legs 14 on one side by the tag may be readily attached to a packof the tag 12 and the portions 16 on the age without the free ends of the clip proother side. The tag is then pulled down- 70 trading in such manner that the hands of wardly so that the margins of the aperture the mail carrier or other handler can be in- 17 is forced downwardly into the bends 15 jured thereby. This feature is to conform thereby drawing the legs 14 apart and forcwith the requirements of the U. S. Post ing them into substantially the saine plane, Service that clips shall not be used which the portions 16 pressing tightly fagainst the 75 could in any way injure the carrier or clerk. card and lying also substantially in the With these and other objects in view the same plane as the legs 14 and in protected invention resides in certain novel construccondition thereagainst, so that there is no tion, the essential features of which are danger to the clerk handling the package. hereinafter fully described, are particu- What is claimed as new is u 80 larly pointed out in the appended claims, 1. A clip having legs fol-med and bent L@ and are illustrated in the accompanying provide V-shaped parts which lie normally drawing, in which side by side with the apexes thereof coincidf Figure 1 is an enlarged perspective view ing to constitute a point for insertion in the of my improved clip per se. eye of a shipping tag, whereby on pulling 85 Figure 2 is a View showing the manner of the clip, the legs thereof will be separated attaching the clip to the string of a packto dispose the V-shaped parts respectively at age. the sides of the eye.

Figure 3 is a similar view showing the clip 2. A clip formed and bent from a single attached to the string and the tag in the piece of material to provide legs on a central 90 process of being attached. part, V-shaped parts on the free ends of the Figure 4 is a view of the package tag and legs, the said V-shaped parts lying' normally clip in the final attached form. side by side with the apeXes thereof Vcoincid- Like characters of reference refer to like ing to constitute a point for insertion in the parts in all views. eye of a shipping tag, whereby on pulling 95 Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 the clip, the legs thereof will be separated te represents a package, 11 represents a cord dispose the V-shaped parts respectively at thereon and 12 represents a tag to be atthe sides of the eye.

tached thereto. 3. A clip formed and bent from a single The clip per se is made from a single piece of springy materialto provide legs ona 100 length of wire 13 having its opposite ends central part, a V-shaped part at the end of bent angularly into legs 14. Each of the each leg, the said V-shaped parts lying norlegs 14 has its free end doubled upon itself mally side by side with the apeXes thereof at 15 so as to form a return portion 16 coinciding, to constitute a point for insertion in the eye of a shipping tag, whereby on pulling the clip, the legs thereof Will be separated to dispose the V-shaped parts respectively at the sides of the eye.

4C. A clip having legs formed with VV- shaped parte which lie normally one on top of another With the apexes thereof coinciding so as to normally constitute a point in line With the longitudinal axis of the clip and adapted to be passed through an eyey of a shipping tag and arranged, whereby the legs may be separated relatively and spread beyond the sides of the eye after the clip is nsertedand upon the exert-ion of pull upon the clip. i, f .Y 1

In testimony whereof I have aTiXed Iny signature.

JAMES E. GRACE. 

